Checkmate: Season 1
Episodes
Death Runs Wild
Sep 17, 1960 · 60 min
Story tells of a demented woman out to kill private eye Anthony George. The instrument of death, as it turned out, was, a wild stallion she stocked on her ranch. Her motive was rev
Lady on the Brink
Oct 15, 1960 · 60 min
Checkmate comes to the aid of a woman with a traumatic past when it becomes evident that someone is trying to make it appear she's mentally unstable. discrediting her eye-witness
Runaway
Oct 29, 1960 · 60 min
A girl shows up at Corey's apartment, claiming that she is running from someone who is trying to kill her. However, the detectives all find that nothing she has said checks out, in
The Dark Divide
Nov 19, 1960 · 60 min
Barbara Rush plays a dual role in The dark divide. Why should Margaret Russell's life be threatened? Her aunt keeps getting phone calls from a woman named Nikki Garnett, threatenin
The Murder Game
Dec 17, 1960 · 60 min
Attorney Emory Olivant invites Corey, Sills and Dr. Hyatt to a party. Once all the guests have arrived, Olivant announces that they are going to play a game—a murder game in whic
The Human Touch
Jan 14, 1961 · 60 min
Arguably the finest episode of the series, featuring guest star Peter Lorre as an ex-con criminal mastermind determined to wreak revenge on master criminologist Sebastian Cabot. A
Phantom Lover
Mar 4, 1961 · 60 min
A woman believes her husband has killed her male friend, who can not be found. She hires Checkmate to investigate.
The Gift
Mar 11, 1961 · 60 min
Lola Tuscany, a temperamental lady soprano, is having premonitions of her death. After her concert she is almost poisoned and Checkmate Inc. is hired to keep her safe. Don Corey is
Jungle Castle
Apr 1, 1961 · 60 min
After two attempts on his life, big game hunter Lee Tabor brings Dr. Hyatt and Carl to his home in the Malayan jungle. He asks for their help in finding out which of his three hous
Goodbye Griff
Apr 15, 1961 · 60 min
""Ex-convict Griff Nolan is jealous because his wife Libby earns more as a magazine editor than he does as a mechanic. More domestic strife develops when Griff becomes jealous of
Death by Design
May 20, 1961 · 60 min
Eve Arden, plays a fashion designer, worried that someone is out to destroy her and her business. Checkmate have two main suspects.